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In Traverse City, getting ice cream is an activity. Voted best ice-cream scoop in America by Good Morning America, Moomer's is located about 15-20 minutes from here. Best bang for your buck and taste buds is the ice-cream flight! Sit outside and watch the cows that help make this famous ice cream. Expect a line, especially on the weekends. Want to skip the line? Multiple small shops serve limited flavors.
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This small town is worth the short drive. Make it an even better trip by stopping by one (or three) of the many wineries on the way. Make sure to stop at the small shops along the fishing dock. Eat one of the famous sandwiches from the Village Cheese Shanty. If you are in luck, watch the salmon jumping the damn and search for Petoskey stones at Vans Beach. Make it a full day and catch a ferry to the Manitou Islands.
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Tour four of Traverse City’s best breweries via water and bike. Includes bike, single or double kayak, and a guided tour. Must schedule ahead of time. We highly recommend this activity! Unique and fun!
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West End Beach is a large, bay-front park and beach featuring ample parking and restrooms. You will find it overlooking West Grand Traverse Bay at the end of Division Street, on Grandview Parkway, just west of downtown Traverse City. The far west end of this beach allows dogs, as long as they are on a leash.
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A 47-acre state park located on the east arm of the Grand Traverse Bay, just 2 miles from downtown Traverse City. The 75-acre park is home to a modern campground, a fully equipped lodge, mini cabins and a day-use area. The day-use area is located directly across U.S. 31 and features a quarter-mile of sandy beach, a small beach house and a picnic area.
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Located right by downtown Traverse City, this beach is a great spot to enjoy the water, your kids can play at the splash pad, drinks and snacks available, kayak rentals, and so much more.
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Complete with brand new play ground equipment (including a playground zipline), a skate park, a mile long walking/running path, and much more, this is one of the most popular parks in Traverse City.
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Amenities at the park include restrooms, grills, a tee-ball field, tennis courts, basketball courts, paved and unpaved walking trails, a sledding hill, and irrigated athletic fields. A paved trail loop surrounds the developed portion of the site and measures 3,700 feet long (seven-tenths of a mile). The unpaved trails, which meander around Hidden Lake and near the shores of the north branch of Silver Lake, total about 4,400 feet in length.
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Part of the national park system since 1970, Sleeping Bear Dunes is one of America’s most profoundly beautiful landscapes: a 64-mile curve of sweeping vistas, miles of perfect freshwater beaches, forested wilderness islands, miles of hiking trails and the paved Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail, is a multi-use pathway that runs from the northern end of the park to a point just south of Empire. Your kids will love the never-ending miles of sand. Bonfires are also allowed!
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Clinch park is home of Traverse City’s famous splash pad, which is a major hit with all of the kids! Clinch Park Beach is located right next to it, so there is lots in the vicinity to keep you and your kids busy.
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